TypeReference

All Implemented Interfaces:

kotlin.Comparable
```
public abstract class TypeReference<T extends Object>
 implements Comparable<TypeReference<T>>
                    
```
This generic abstract class is used for obtaining full generics type information by sub-classing.
Class is based on ideas from Jackson TypeReference
Usage is by sub-classing: here is one way to instantiate reference to generic type List<Integer>:
```
TypeReference ref = new TypeReference&lt;List&lt;Integer&gt;&gt;() { };
```

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`private final Type`	`type`

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Integer`	`compareTo(TypeReference<T> other)`	The only reason we define this method (and require implementation of `Comparable`) is to prevent constructing a reference without type information.
`final Type`	`getType()`	Parameterized type

Methods inherited from class kotlin.Comparable
equals, hashCode, toString
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Method Detail
  - compareTo
```
 Integer compareTo(TypeReference<T> other)
```
    The only reason we define this method (and require implementation of Comparable) is to prevent constructing a reference without type information.
  - getType
```
 final Type getType()
```
    Parameterized type